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年 = ノ + 午

年 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “year”. It is built from ノ (katakana no) and 午 (noon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1114.

Keyword
year
RTK frame
1114
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ネン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
とし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
год
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
年 year

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. ノ katakana no
  2. 午 noon

How to find 年 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “noon”. 年 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 年 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.